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May 23

29 entries from the federal record fall on May 23, across every year it covers.

Tornadoes

Tornadoes rated F3/EF3 or stronger, or that killed, on this date.

  1. 2008EF4, 11.4 mile path Gove, KS
  2. 2008EF3, 21.9 mile path, 2 killed Pratt, KS
  3. 1971F3, 7.1 mile path, 1 killed Hill, TX
  4. 1957F3, 5.2 mile path Drew, AR
  5. 1966F3, 2 mile path Hunt, TX
  6. 1971F3, 5.6 mile path Conway, AR
  7. 1978F3, 14.5 mile path Campbell, WY
  8. 1981F3, 9.7 mile path Bryan, OK
  9. 2000F3, 6 mile path Grayson, KY
  10. 2008EF3, 20.9 mile path Clark, KS; Kiowa, KS
  11. 2008EF3, 9 mile path Ness, KS; Trego, KS
  12. 2008EF3, 5 mile path Harper, OK
  13. 2008EF3, 11 mile path Woods, OK; Comanche, KS
  14. 2008EF3, 18.2 mile path Edwards, KS; Pratt, KS; Stafford, KS
  15. 2016EF3, 10 mile path Motley, TX; Hall, TX
  16. 2019EF3, 15.7 mile path Lipscomb, TX; Beaver, OK; Ellis, OK

Deadly and costly storms

  1. 2015Flash Flood, 14 deaths, $220 million Bastrop; Bexar; Blanco; Caldwell
  2. 2015Heavy Rain, 5 deaths, $36.6 million Anderson; Bell; Bosque; Comanche
  3. 2010Heat, 4 deaths Cook; Will
  4. 2011Flash Flood, 4 deaths, $51,000 Benton; Carroll; Crawford; Franklin
  5. 2015Flood, 4 deaths, $105,000 Cherokee; Choctaw; Creek; Le Flore
  6. 2015Rip Current, 4 deaths Brevard; Volusia
  7. 2004Flood, $100 million Bay; Genesee; Lapeer; Lenawee

Earthquakes

Magnitude 5 or more in the lower 48 and Hawaii, 6.5 or more in Alaska, on this date (local time).

  1. 1954M5.0, near Grapevine, CA Kern County, CA
  2. 1978M6.7, near Adak, Alaska Aleutians West Census Area, AK
  3. 2006M5.4, near Delta, B.C., MX Yuma County, AZ
  4. 2013M5.7, near Canyondam, California Plumas County, CA

Wildfires

Fires of 50,000 acres or more that began on this date.

  1. 2009Tonclonukna Creek Fire, 158,922 acres AK
  2. 2002Milepost 78 Fire, 107,366 acres AK